On 5/5/2013 1:44 AM, Gus wrote:
"Todd" wrote in message
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On 05/04/2013 10:27 PM, Gus wrote:
"Todd" wrote in message
Oh my!

Hopefully, this year I will not have: lions and tigers and bears...
Squirrels are bad enough.


I would love to know what finally works


I did have some good luck with vinegar last year and will try that again
when the plants start to produce. Soaked some old socks every few
days. No one had mentioned vinegar, but accidently noticed on the
bottle: "protect garden from unwanted pests... soak rags every 7 to 10
days" on the back of a Kroger bottle. I think it did work. I assume if
it rains, soak the rags more often. Not sure, but maybe the vinegar
smells close to predator urine to a squirrel, or just unpleasant?

Building a cage around the plants is probably the only sure fire thing
to do, but I went to do that at Home Depot last year and it started to
get kinda expensive to do it right. Last year, I did get quite a decent
crop of tomatoes; but the year before literally 2-3 puny tomatoes and
then gave up as the squirrels ruined all the rest. Ended up uprooting
the plants... Hopefully, vinegar will deter them this year at least so I
get some fresh tomatoes. Nothing better than fresh tomatoes. The ones
in store here are so bland, but garden ones full of flavor.



What kind of vinegar?

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Natural Girl